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R. J. HOSNER.

STUMP FULLER.

No. 285,898. Patented Oct. 2, 1888..

@1* www/7M Nrrnn STAT-nfs A'rinv'r Ottica RILEY J. HOSNER, OF ROMEO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR- OE ONEHALF .IO

EUGENE MACK, OF SAME PLACE.

eroina-FULLER.

SPE IFIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,898, dated Gctober 2, 1883.

Application filed April lll, 1883. (No model.) v

To all 'l1/71,0177, 1i/J may concern:

Ile it known that I, RILEY J. l-IosNnR, of Romeo, inthe county of Macomb and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvenientsin Stuinp-Iullers, and Idoherehy declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaeconipanying drawings, which i'orin a part of' this specification.

rIhc nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful.improvements in the construction of that class of implements commonly denominated stunip-pullers, and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and various combinations ol;l the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set il'erth.

Figure l is a side elevation oll my machine.

improved Fig. 2 is a view looking from the top. Fig. 3 is aperspectivc of a portion et the rack-bars. Fig. 4f. is a perspective of a clevishook.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the legs oi' a tripod, the upper ends of which are .rigidly secured together by thc head Il and proper bolts. An eyebolt, (l, passes through this head and extends just below the point where the legs el" the tripod come together. In this eyebolt I hang, by any suitable means, the pulley l), and to the lower portion et' the 'trame within which this pulley is journaled I/secure one end ot' the chain E, the opposite end passing down under the pulley E and back over the pulley D, to be operated upon. as hereinaiter described. The cap B is provided with suitable standards, a, which furnish bearings for the two loose pnlleys G, and to this standard is also secured a hook, l), to which is secured one end oi' the rope Hf, the opposite end oi' which passes around one of the pulleys I, journaled in the outer end oit' the lever J, thence back to one of the pulleys G, thence to the other pulley I, and back to the other pulley G, and down to the pulley K, and to this end of the rope the team or power is attached. The lever .T is

slotted or bifurcated the greater portion of its length, as shown in Fig. 2, and is lfulcrumed,

ing designed to engage with the pin c, placed in or through one of the series of holes 71 in the corresponding ends of the lever In practice the device is set over the stump which it is desired to remove, the pulley F being lowered close to the stninp, to which it is made l'ast in any suitable or convenient manner. The lever J, being in nearlya hori zontal position, and the rack-bars L M being lsecured to the chain E, close to the pulley I),

the team or power may then be started up, exerting a pulling force upon the rope H, which causes the lever to assume aposition nearly vertical, and compels the lower end of the lever to draw upon the chain and exert a great Aforce upon the stump. i To increase the speed or to give a longer throw to the lever, I adjust the pin toward the outer end of the short arm ofthe lever J', which gives it a grfaer radial inovement--that is, it engages with the teeth of the rack-bar farther away i'r'om the fulcrum; and, again, if I wish a still further acceleration, I secure or bind together the chain E, between the pulleys G, by means ofthe clevis-hook I), (shown in the drawings) which then compels suoli chain to exert a direct force without having to pass around the lower pulley.

It is evident that the chain, alter passing over the pulley ID, may be fastened directly to the stu mp, and the lower pulley, F, dispensed with.

As the operation el' devices ol' this kind are so well known, I do not deem it as necessary to enter into a further description thereof. i

That I claim as my invention isl. A stump-puller, and in combination with the tripod Athereof, the pulley G, supported on said tripod, rope H, lever J', carrying pulbars L M, when constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purley I, foroperzntlng4 the rack-bar L M, c011- neeted to the chain E, passingr over the pulley D, and suspended from the tripod, subposes specified. v

stautially as and for the purpose set forth. Y RILEY J. HOSNER. Y l

2. A stump-puller, and in combination With Vtnesses:

the tripod A thereof, the pulleys D, F, G, B. H; THURsToN,

and I, chain E, rope H, 1eVer-J :md rnck- I. E. PALETHORPE. 

